2017 Rally Mexico

The 2017 Rally Mexico (formally known as the Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2017) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 9 and 12 March 2017. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle from Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT won the rally.^[1]

2017 Rally Mexico 14. Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2017
Round 3 of the 2017 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Mexico
Rally base	León, Guanajuato
Dates run	9 – 12 March 2017
Stages	19 (20) (370.45 km; 230.19 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	24 at start, 22 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT

Entry list

Notable entrants No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 1 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Ford Fiesta WRC M 2 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Ford Fiesta WRC M 3 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta WRC D 4 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M 5 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M 6 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Dani Sordo Marc Martí Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M 7 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën C3 WRC M 8 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Stéphane Lefebvre Gabin Moreau Citroën C3 WRC M 10 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Toyota Yaris WRC M 11 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT WRC Juho Hänninen Kaj Lindström Toyota Yaris WRC M 37 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Lorenzo Bertelli Simone Scattolin Ford Fiesta WRC M 12 Eurolamp World Rally Team WRC Valeriy Gorban Sergei Larens Mini John Cooper Works WRC M Source:[2]

Key Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points WRC Registered to score points in WRC Trophy WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship WRC-3 Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship

Classification

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	7	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	3:22:04.6	0.0	25
2	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	3:22:18.4	+13.8	22
3	5	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	3:23:04.3	+59.7	20
4	2	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	3:24:22.9	+2:18.3	15
5	4	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	3:25:37.5	+3:32.9	10
6	10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	3:26:44.9	+4:40.3	10
7	11	Juho Hänninen	Kaj Lindström	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	3:27:10.8	+5:06.2	6
8	6	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	3:27:27.3	+5:22.7	5
9	3	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	3:30:46.4	+8:41.8	2
10	30	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:32:56.5	+10:51.9	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (10.)	30	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:32:56.5		25
2 (11.)	31	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:33:39.2	+42.7	18
3 (12.)	34	Benito Guerra Jr.	Borja Rozada	Motorsport Italia	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:40:42.6	+7:46.1	15
4 (18.)	33	Pedro Heller	Pablo Olmos	Pedro Heller	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:34:13.6	+1:01:17.1	12

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1	SS0	Street Stage CDMX 1	1.57 km	Juho Hänninen	Toyota Yaris WRC	1:51.1	Juho Hänninen
	SS1	Street Stage CDMX 2	1.57 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	1:44.8
	SS2	El Chocolate 1	54.90 km	Stage cancelled
	SS3	Las Minas 1	19.68 km	Stage cancelled
	SS4	El Chocolate 2	54.90 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C3 WRC	39:15.6	Kris Meeke
	SS5	Las Minas 2	19.68 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	14:12.6
	SS6	Street Stage Guanajuato	1.09 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	57.3
	SS7	SSS Autódromo de León 1	2.30 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C3 WRC	1:40.0
	SS8	SSS Autódromo de León 2	2.30 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	1:38.0
Leg 2	SS9	Media Luna 1	27.42 km	Dani Sordo	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	17:01.4
	SS10	Lajas de Oro 1	38.31 km	Dani Sordo	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	28:17.5
	SS11	El Brinco 1	10.09 km	Thierry Neuville Kris Meeke	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Citroën C3 WRC	5:27.1
	SS12	Media Luna 2	27.42 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	16:44.0
	SS13	Lajas de Oro 2	38.31 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C3 WRC	28:10.6
	SS14	El Brinco 2	10.09 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	5:22.2
	SS15	SSS Autódromo de León 3	2.30 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	1:37.5
	SS16	SSS Autódromo de León 4	2.30 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	1:38.1
	SS17	Street Stage Feria de León	1.33 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	1:16.9
Leg 3	SS18	La Calera	32.96 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C3 WRC	21:53.7
	SS19	Derramadero [Power Stage]	21.94 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	12:13.9

Power Stage

The Power Stage was a 21.94 km (13.6 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts.
1	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	12:13.9		5
2	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	12:14.2	+0.3	4
3	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta WRC	12:17.7	+3.8	3
4	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	12:21.9	+8.0	2
5	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	12:23.7	+9.8	1

Championship standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Sébastien Ogier 66 1 2 Jari-Matti Latvala 58 3 Ott Tänak 48 4 Dani Sordo 30 3 5 Thierry Neuville 28

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 M-Sport World Rally Team 103 2 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 67 3 Hyundai Motorsport 65 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 55